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Is there some way to modify the Applications lens in Unity so that we can remove the "Apps Available for Download" section?

The section is really annoying for normal use. We don't have to know why we can download some random games every time we want to start an application.

Also, it may make the lens even faster as it will only have to display installed applications rather than creating some random list.

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Unfortunately, I'm afraid this is not possible in 11.04 or 11.10, but it is possible in 12.04.

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This is possible in Unity version 5.0, which will be part of Ubuntu 12.04.

To get rid of the "Apps Available for Download" section:

  1. launch dconf-editor (which is part of the dconf-tools Install dconf-tools package)
  2. navigate to /desktop/unity/lenses/applications
  3. uncheck the display-available-apps box

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(There's also a display-recent-apps option available to disable the corresponding section.)

And yeah, I'm the author of that patch :-)

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12.04

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Configuration of Display Available Apps to download is directly configurable from the Dash

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  1. Open the Dash
  2. Click the lens as Application Lens
  3. Click the down arrow to reveal the Filter Results options

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  • To switch off the display of applications to download click the Local Apps source
  • To turn on the display of applications to download click the Software Centre or All

Configuration of Display Available Apps and its counterpart Display Recent Apps is now available directly via the GUI configuration application MyUnity

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The image shows the option turned off - you can click as shown to switch-on the Dash display of available applications.

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I've released RunLens, which is some kind of an application lens without the "Apps Available for Download" section. It's still under development but may already be useful for some people.

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